Dunstable
Rep’s latest production impresses for coherence, emotional punch, and the
ability to splash detailed portraits of humanity onto the backdrop of a
terrifying war. Devised and directed by Angela Goss, magnificently mixing her
seventeen strong cast, this tribute to a lost generation cleverly intertwines
the songs and letters and tiny dramas of an unknowing world plunged into the darkness
of 1914. Best illustrated by the fading of an English summer day on the cusp of
relentless guns Lest We Forget constantly,
and effectively, toyed with our emotions. Susan Young, Stephanie Overington and
Anthony Bird wring every ounce out of their dramatic roles and Grace Reinhold-Gittins
and Sam Rowland are simply superb as the young lovers who supply the piece its
central heart. I shall, probably, occasionally sniff in a fuller review but
last night I was happy to wallow and weep. Those who can’t get a ticket should weep
for other reasons. Roy Hall
Runs to Saturday 19th July 2014
Little Theatre, High Street, Dunstable
7.45pm (Sold Out) Returns 07940 105864
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